Sam Mertes

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 6, 1872 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: March 11, 1945 in Villa Grande, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA

Debut: June 30, 1896 (Age 23-329d, 1,948th in major league history)

Last Game: September 15, 1906 (Age 34-040d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season

Full Name: Samuel Blair Mertes

Nicknames: Sandow

Pronunciation: \MUR-teez\

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1905 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

4405

1227

.279

695

RBI

721

396

OBP

.346

SLG

.398

OPS

.744

OPS+

113

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG		BRO	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 18	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	7 (4)	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	8	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	9	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	10	Apr 28	NYG		PHI	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	11	Apr 29	NYG		PHI	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13	May 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	14	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	15	May 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,20-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	16	May 7	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	17	May 8	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	18	May 9	NYG		PHI	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	19	May 11	NYG		BRO	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	20	May 12	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	21	May 13	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	22	May 14	NYG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	23	May 15	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	24	May 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	25	May 18	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	26	May 19	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	27	May 20	NYG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	28	May 21	NYG		STL	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	29	May 22	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	30	May 23	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	31	May 25	NYG		STL	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	32	May 26	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	33	May 27	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	34	May 28	NYG		CHC	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	35	May 29	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	36	May 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	37	May 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	38	Jun 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	39	Jun 2	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	40	Jun 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	42	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	43	Jun 6	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	44	Jun 7	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	46	Jun 10	NYG	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	47	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	48	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	49	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	50	Jun 16	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	51	Jun 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	52	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	53	Jun 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	54	Jun 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	55	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	56	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
53	57	Jun 26	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	58	Jun 27	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
55	59	Jun 30	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	60	Jul 1	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	61	Jul 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-16	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	62	Jul 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
59	63	Jul 6	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	64	Jul 7	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	65	Jul 8	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	66	Jul 9	NYG	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
63	67	Jul 10	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	9	0	1	10	2
64	68	Jul 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	69	Jul 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	70	Jul 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	71	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
68	72	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	14.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	73	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-16	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
70	74	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	75	Jul 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
72	76	Jul 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	77	Jul 22	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	78	Jul 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	79	Jul 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	80	Jul 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
77	81	Jul 27	NYG		BSN	L,9-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	82	Jul 28	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
79	83	Jul 29	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	84	Jul 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	85	Jul 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	86	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	87	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	88	Aug 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	89	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	90	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	91	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	92	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	93	Aug 10	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
90	94	Aug 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	95	Aug 12	NYG		STL	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	96	Aug 13 (1)	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	97	Aug 13 (2)	NYG		STL	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	98	Aug 14	NYG		STL	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	99	Aug 15	NYG		CIN	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
96	100	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	101	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	102	Aug 18	NYG		CIN	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	103	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,13-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	104	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
101	105	Aug 21 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
102	106	Aug 21 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	107	Aug 22	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	108	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	109	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	110	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
107	111	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	112	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	113	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	114	Aug 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-6	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
111	115	Aug 31 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
112	116	Aug 31 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	117	Sep 1	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	118	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	119	Sep 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	120	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	121	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	122	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
119	123	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
120	124	Sep 7 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	125	Sep 8	NYG		BRO	T,4-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
122	126	Sep 10 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	127	Sep 10 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
124	128	Sep 12	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	129	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
126	130	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	T,9-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	131	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	132	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	133	Sep 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
130	134	Sep 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
131	135	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	136	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
133	137	Sep 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	138	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	139	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
136	140	Sep 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-15	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
137	141	Sep 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	142	Sep 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							139gm		13.0	274	25	9	308	3